Reach consensus on scrapping Vested Property Act: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the country's Hindu community leaders to reach consensus among them about annulling the Vested Property Act so that government can take a decision.
She informed that the Vested Property Restoration Bill is lying pending with the parliamentary standing committee. No decision could be taken about it as their views widely differed on the measures provided in the proposed law.
Hasina was exchanging greetings with a group of the Hindu Community leaders who met her at her office yesterday. They met her on the eve of Janmastami, birth anniversary of Hindu God Sri Krishna, which will be celebrated on September 1.
A joint delegation of Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad, Dhaka and Janmastami Udjapan Parishad-1417, Chittagong met the premier.
About the Vested Property Act, the PM said the government is giving its best efforts to settle the issue of vested property. But the leaders of Hindu community are disunited about it. She asked them to reach consensus.
Hasina said many of the leaders prefer to form a tribunal to establish rights of the Hindus while many others suggest for mutual understanding.
She assured the Hindu community of taking effective steps to solve their problems for land registration process including fees complexity. Assurance was also given for protecting the “Debottar” property.
As advocate Subrata Chowdhury, president of Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad demanded for setting up separate ministries for Hindu and each of other religions, the PM said the present Religious Affairs Ministry is not only for the religion of Islam. It works for all other religions. People of the Hindu community should not think they are minority.
In 1971, people of all religions fought together to earn the country's independence. Every person as the citizen of the country has equal right and dignity to live on, she added.
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